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petunia.

Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.

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Meaning & usage

noun/pəˈtʲuːni.ə/Received-Pronunciation/pəˈtʲuːnjə/British, Southern, Standard/pəˈtʃuːnjə/Australia/pəˈtuːniə/US

  1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.

  2. A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

  3. A homosexual.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *pe Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨm Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm Old Tupi petymabor. French pétun Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. Translingual -ia taxonomic name Petuniabor. English petunia Borrowed from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”).

adj/pəˈtʲuːni.ə/Received-Pronunciation/pəˈtʲuːnjə/British, Southern, Standard/pəˈtʃuːnjə/Australia/pəˈtuːniə/US

  1. Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *pe Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨm Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm Old Tupi petymabor. French pétun Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. Translingual -ia taxonomic name Petuniabor. English petunia Borrowed from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”).

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